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Cardi B in a Reboot of The Nanny? We’re Here for It, and So Is Fran Drescher
Can you imagine Cardi B starring in a reboot of the television series The Nanny? She would be perfect, right? As The Root’s resident Cardi-ologist, I know that my opinions on her can be somewhat biased, but I am not the only one who thinks she would be foolproof for a reboot of the show.…
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Changing Colors: For Fall, Fashion Continues to Celebrate Black Beauty
It wasn’t just a phase. After years of being relegated to the inner pages and being told that covers featuring black women don’t sell, the fashion industry finally seems to be taking the plunge into parity, featuring more and more black women on its covers. In the past week alone, we’ve featured Kerry Washington covering…
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We Gon' Let Taylor Break Her Lil' Record, But the 2018 American Music Awards Show Belonged to Us
Real talk? We knew what the 2018 American Music Awards were gonna be about before the first statuette had even been awarded. The intention of the evening was made clear the second it was announced that Taylor Swift only needed three more wins to unseat the much-beloved late, great Whitney Houston as the female artist…
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High Art: Cardi B and Artist Mickalene Thomas Collab for W Magazine
Something incredible happens when black women join forces. We’ve become accustomed to considering our collaborations another iteration of “black girl magic,” but truthfully, it’s more like “black girl Voltron,” an amalgamation of forces so powerful that they are undeniable. All that to say, there’s something we can’t help but love about Cardi B being photographed…
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Cardi Reveals What Really Set Off Her Fisticuffs With Nicki Minaj (Hint: It Was for the Kulture)
You can call Cardi B lots of things—stripper, ghetto bird, reality TV heaux—but what you’re not gonna do is question her mama credentials. Just ask Nicki Minaj. In a new cover interview with W magazine, Bartier Cardi (born Belcalis Almanzar) said that thing that brought her beef with Nicki Minaj to its boiling point (again)…
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Umm … Is Nicki Minaj’s New Merch Trolling Cardi B?
Will the feud between Nicki Minaj and Cardi B ever end? Likely not anytime soon. Weeks after the pair’s headline-making confrontation during New York Fashion Week, this week it was announced that Cardi is releasing a single with Meek Mill (also known as Minaj’s ex). And now it appears Minaj is planning to cash in…
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Cardi B Ran Up on Who and Did What? Rapper to Turn Herself in to Police After Strip Club Brawl in Queens
Police confirm Cardi B will turn herself in to authorities Monday in connection with a fight at a Queens strip club in August. According to WPIX 11 TV, the Bronx rapper—who delighted thousands in Central Park on Sunday for the annual Global Citizen Festival—will be in quite a different venue today, turning herself in to…
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Jenifer Lewis Calls on Cardi B and Nicki Minaj to Get Out the Vote!
She’s the straight-talking grandmother on black-ish and the self-proclaimed “Mother of Black Hollywood,” but “Auntie” Jenifer Lewis also has issues. Political issues, that is. Just ahead of the highly-anticipated New York primaries on Thursday, Lewis made another in her ongoing series of musical social media posts, encouraging millennials to “get woke” and “get out and…
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Cardi B and Drake Dominate BET's Hip Hop Awards Nominations
Continuing a trend that played out on the Billboard charts earlier this year, Drake and Cardi B are sitting happy atop the BET Hip Hop Awards heap this year, racking up 21 nominations collectively. Drake leads the entire field with 11 nominations, including nods for Album of the Year, for Scorpion, and Lyricist of the…
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Keep It Classy: Kelly Rowland Speaks Out About Witnessing the Cardi B vs. Nicki Minaj Melee
When the shoe throw heard around the world took place at the now infamous Harper’s Bazaar “ICONS by Carine Roitfeld” party on Friday night, Kelly Rowland was a reluctant witness. In fact, several reports noted that the singer (and our personal all-time favorite of Destiny’s Children) had just posed for a picture with Nicki Minaj…